Jim Burris (above and below) and Sarah Mears (bottom) of the Flying Tigers Sport Parachute Center in Anderson drop in at Fluor Field on Greenville Drive’s Military Appreciation Night July 1, 2014. (Photos by Tom Priddy)

Boston Red Sox shortstop Stephen Drew (7) hits balls in the batting cage before a tuneup assignment with the Class A Greenville Drive against the Augusta GreenJackets on Friday, May 23, 2014, at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. Drew was added to the Sox’ 25-man roster and assigned to Greenville this week after an extended stretch in unsigned free agency. He played for Boston in 2013. (Tom Priddy) Boston Red Sox shortstop Stephen Drew (7) stretches… Read More »

I don’t shoot for football cards — just baseball — but this recent news release from a card company caught my eye. Here is part of it as written by Panini America, one of the premier card companies: “Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company, announced that it has signed former South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, the first player taken by the Houston Texans in last week’s 2014 NFL Draft, to a trading card and autograph… Read More »

Third baseman Joey Pankake (9) of the South Carolina Gamecocks sticks his tongue out as he dives for a ground ball in a game against the Furman Paladins on Tuesday, April 8, 2014, at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. … Read More »

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Former Assistant Managing Editor, Digital, for the Spartanburg Herald-Journal, in Spartanburg, S.C., Tom Priddy also is a veteran Minor League Baseball photographer whose images have appeared in magazines, online and on baseball trading cards. A graduate of Clemson University, Tom has lived most of his life in South Carolina. You can reach him at tomhpriddy@yahoo.com.